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If I were my kite, I'd sure be motion sick. My Widow Maker did not complain, in contrast, nor throw up or anything And she handled the added weight of the camera quite gracefully. Could still be tricked unexpectedly well, even rolled up without much of a problem. Do you recognize some of the moves?

It is interesting, but it made me really motion sick. Not what I thought KAP would be.

Sorry to hear that. I have added a warning to the thread title to minimize further damage. Maybe it is because it is not KAP, but KAV (kite aerial videography). And at the time that TLA was coined, no one could imagine cameras light enough to deliver footage of reasonable quality from a stunt kite flying stunts.

What would work here is a VERY SLOW MOW flight with maybe one or two slow backspins. In this situation tricking has no real gain to the viewer. Very nice VIEW. SLOW IT DOWN. Keep the kite upright. Maybe use 150# lines to aid in the slow flight? Just my opinion.

Thanks for the suggestion. Looking at my footage a few more times, I realized exactly that: As amazing as it is that the kite can still trick, one cannot watch it for extended periods. So I will have to do quite a bit in post production to make it more easily digestible.

In addition, I will change the flying next time. More of the long, steady sweeps and high-up stalls, etc. I like your term slow mow. There was no grass to mow, though, no matter how much slow, low mowing movement I tried Could have mowed down a couple beach walkers, but that is not compatible with my mild-mannered nature.

The kite was on 150 x 100 lines. But the wind was up in the 15 kn+ range and gusty, which favored faster moves. Plus, I had no clue what it would look like, and watching snippets on the small display on location only tells you so much. Lesson learned -- and learning

Gerardo, that was really cool. I forget who I saw wrote it, but the Rev was the helicopter of kites and dualies were jets. I think this is certainly proof of that. Nice video. Maybe Hollywood could take a tip from you and save lots of money on boom cameras.

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